This is an extension of the whole "Carpe Diem" thing that went around after Dead Poets Society came out. I am OK with the sentiment but got annoyed that it was jump started by a movie where some kid realized that to live his dream he had to get off the gravy train and ended it. Well, glad you seized THAT day. I'm all for going for opportunity, but to this day the phrase "Carpe Diem" sets my teeth on edge.

YOLO annoys me because it's said by too many people who are justifying stupid decisions as if "who cares, we might die." Yes, but you're statistically much more likely to live and make the rest of us listen to you whine as you live with the consequences.

How could I have forgotten? I have a friend who thinks the "ehrmahgerd" is so hilarious, and uses that manner of speaking with other words/phrases as well. "Ehrmahgerd, it's mah behrthday!" It makes me think violent thoughts.

A restaurant near my b/f's had a sign up for their breakfast special: "Ermagerd, perncerks!"

How could I have forgotten? I have a friend who thinks the "ehrmahgerd" is so hilarious, and uses that manner of speaking with other words/phrases as well. "Ehrmahgerd, it's mah behrthday!" It makes me think violent thoughts.

A restaurant near my b/f's had a sign up for their breakfast special: "Ermagerd, perncerks!"

How could I have forgotten? I have a friend who thinks the "ehrmahgerd" is so hilarious, and uses that manner of speaking with other words/phrases as well. "Ehrmahgerd, it's mah behrthday!" It makes me think violent thoughts.

A restaurant near my b/f's had a sign up for their breakfast special: "Ermagerd, perncerks!"

Pics or it didn't happen!

Just kidding, add "Pics or it didn't happen" to the list, too.

I wish I had taken a photo, unfortunately I forgot...it was a few months ago.

Someone mention "swag", and that reminded me of someone I know who uses (overuses, really) the word "swagtastic". I was thinking, "Okay, I know the 'tastic' part came from the word 'fantastic', but now I have to look up 'swag' to make sure this isn't an insult..."

As much as lingo drives me up the wall, I have to admit that I lived in the 80s and said all kinds of horrible phrases so I can't really blame kids these days.

Though when someone my age (30+) uses some new phrase and tries to pretend that it makes them cute, hip and young it makes me want to smack them into adulthood.

*sheepishly raises hand* I do have a tendency to adopt new phrases, but I swear it is just a side effect of loving to mess with language plus the fact that I spend about 4 hours a day talking to teenagers. The latter reason is also why I hate YOLO so much. It's like someone took all the stupidity* that is inherent in youth and distilled it into four letters.